Hearing Research Group

Pint of Science will be held in Sheffield from the 13th-15th of May 2024. This celebration of scientific research will happen throughout the city, and includes a talk and hearing related activities from our very own Dr Samuel Webb and Dr Francesca De Faveri as part of the Echoes and Shadows event.

Visit Pint of Science to find out more information and grab your tickets now!

The Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) is the largest hearing and balance research event in the world. The Hearing Research Group attended this conference to showcase the research from the team. It was also a good opportunity to meet with current collaborators, alongside making new connections to promote the research ongoing at Sheffield. 

Dr Jing-Yi Jeng was awarded a BBSRC Discovery Fellowship to study how auditory neurons are damaged by noise with age. Congratulations Jing-Yi (Ginny)!

Dr Adam Carlton has secured a fellowship from the Wellcome Trust to investigate how the cochlear efferent system of the brainstem functions and adapts throughout life. Congratulations Adam!

Supporting cells in the cochlea are essential for hearing, in spite of this, there is little research into the mechanisms contributing to the process.

Find the paper below from the Hearing Research Group which discusses the effects of age-related changes on cochlear supporting cells.

"Age-related changes in P2Y receptor signalling in mouse cochlear supporting cells"